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Leigh

Leigh is a town in the , in , England, on low-lying land northwest of . It is situated approximately 6 miles southeast of and 11 miles west of .
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  • Type: Town with 43,600 residents
  • Description: town in Greater Manchester, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Leigh, Greater Manchester” and “Leigh, Lancashire”
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Leigh bus station and St Mary the Virgin’s Church, Leigh.

Bus station
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Leigh is a town in the , in , England, on low-lying land northwest of . It is situated approximately 6 miles southeast of and 11 miles west of .

Church
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The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Church of England parish church in Leigh, , England. It is a member of the Salford & Leigh deanery in the archdeaconry of Salford, diocese of Manchester.

Church
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St Joseph's Church is an active Roman Catholic church in, Leigh in , England. It is in the parish of St Edmund Arrowsmith. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bedford and Atherton.

Suburb
is a suburb of Leigh, in the district, in the county of , England. It was one of three ancient townships, , Pennington and Westleigh, that merged in 1875 to form the town of Leigh. Historically, was in .

Town
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is a town in the in , England and historically part of . The town, including Hindsford, Howe Bridge and , is five miles south of , seven miles east of , and 10 miles northwest of . is situated 2½ miles northeast of Leigh.

Town
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is a market town in the in , England. Within the boundaries of the historic county of , it is north of near the foothills of the , eight miles southeast of and nine miles northwest of . is situated 2½ miles northeast of Leigh.

Leigh

Latitude
53.49605° or 53° 29′ 46″ north
Longitude
-2.51715° or 2° 31′ 2″ west
Population
43,600
Elevation
105 feet (32 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB LGH
Open location code
9C5VFFWM+C4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 27329912
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2644660
Wiki­data ID
Q2588021
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Leigh” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “لي”
  • Asturian: “Leigh”
  • Basque: “Leigh (Manchester Handia)”
  • Basque: “Leigh”
  • Bavarian: “Leigh (Greater Manchester)”
  • Bavarian: “Leigh”
  • Bengali: “লেইহ”
  • Breton: “Leigh”
  • Catalan: “Leigh”
  • Cebuano: “Leigh”
  • Chinese: “利”
  • Chinese: “利伊”
  • Dutch: “Leigh”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “لى”
  • French: “Leigh”
  • German: “Leigh”
  • Gujarati: “લૈઘ”
  • Hebrew: “לי”
  • Irish: “Leigh, Manchain Mhór”
  • Irish: “Leigh”
  • Italian: “Leigh”
  • Japanese: “リー (グレーター・マンチェスター)”
  • Japanese: “リー”
  • Kannada: “ಲೇಘ್”
  • Korean: “레이”
  • Ladin: “Leigh (Lancashire)”
  • Ladin: “Leigh”
  • Lithuanian: “Li”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Leigh”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Leigh i Stor-Manchester”
  • Norwegian: “Leigh”
  • Persian: “لی، منچستر بزرگ”
  • Polish: “Leigh”
  • Portuguese: “Leigh”
  • Romanian: “Leigh, Greater Manchester”
  • Romanian: “Leigh”
  • Russian: “Ли”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Leigh, Greater Manchester”
  • Slovenian: “Leigh”
  • South Azerbaijani: “لی، منچستر بزرق”
  • Spanish: “Leigh”
  • Swedish: “Leigh, Greater Manchester”
  • Swedish: “Leigh”
  • Tamil: “லேயி”
  • Telugu: “లీఫ్”
  • Urdu: “لیگھ”
  • Welsh: “Leigh, Manceinion Fwyaf”
  • Welsh: “Leigh”
  • “Leigh”

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